Status consumption among Malaysian consumers: Exploring its relationships with materialism and attention-to-social-comparison-information

Journal of International Consumer Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 83-98

  Heaney, Joo Gim ^a   Goldsmith, Ronald E ^b   Jusoh, Wan Jamaliah Wan ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attention to social comparison information; Malaysia; Malaysian consumers; Materialism; Personality; Social comparison; Status consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952162214     PISSN: 08961530     EISSN: 15287068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J046v17n04_05     Document Type: Article

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